The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| AF pass rush | 7.0% 5738th | 8.9% 12467th | faces NDSU | 2.8% 7223rd | 4.9% ~1.6 sacks |
| NDSU pass rush | 4.9% 8276th | 8.2% 18279th | faces AF | 6.7% 3094th | 5.8% ~1.9 sacks |
sacks from CFBD play-by-play; college has no charted pressure, and these rates are not opponent-adjusted Measured on 7,926 team-games 2022–25: a college line's sacks-allowed rate carries +0.27 into its next game and a defence's sack rate only +0.10 — the line is most of this. The pairing predicts the game's sack rate +0.27, yards per dropback −0.16 and points added per play −0.15. Heaviest quarter of pairings against lightest: 7.8% vs 4.2% sack rate, 6.1 vs 7.2 yards per dropback.
NDSU with the ball
| NDSU offence vs AF defence | NDSU offence | AF defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.15770th | 0.00453rd | -17 |
| success rate | 0.400107th | 0.34727th | -80 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.41415th | 1.430130th | +115 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.04099th | 0.125107th | +8 |
| rush: success rate | 0.349131st | 0.39865th | -66 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.08125th | 1.118122nd | +97 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.37738th | -0.06415th | -23 |
| pass: success rate | 0.48538th | 0.31214th | -24 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.79420th | 1.867131st | +111 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.456103rd | 0.41137th | -66 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.275101st | 0.23029th | -72 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.826107th | 2.86671st | -36 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.19194th | 0.21695th | +1 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.69297th | 0.66744th | -53 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.08360th | 4.000111th | +51 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11532nd | 0.15049th | +17 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.06928th | 0.07528th | 0 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04654th | 0.075101st | +47 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40072nd | — | — |
AF with the ball
| AF offence vs NDSU defence | AF offence | NDSU defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.29722nd | -0.1565th | -17 |
| success rate | 0.48932nd | 0.39268th | +36 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.083129th | 1.0249th | -120 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.3368th | -0.2317th | -1 |
| rush: success rate | 0.51120th | 0.39867th | +47 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.96670th | 0.70514th | -56 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.29059th | -0.03023rd | -36 |
| pass: success rate | 0.41786th | 0.39067th | -19 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.8779th | 1.43840th | +31 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.55424th | 0.488100th | +76 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.28695th | 0.1844th | -91 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 3.8366th | 2.64651st | +45 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.0681st | 0.18048th | +47 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80833rd | 0.71468th | +35 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.31647th | 1.7224th | -43 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.0643rd | 0.183101st | +98 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.0212nd | 0.10477th | +75 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04343rd | 0.079112th | +69 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 73.30026th | — | — |
Rank gap = the defence's FBS rank minus the offence's on the same measure: +60 means the offence ranks 60 places better than the defence it faces. Unit against unit only — college has no player charting to name a matchup by.